International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

Page 110

53. karana-dvaya-samnidhyät sarva-karya-samudbhavah.
tasmāt tat sädhui vijñeyam punya-kāraṇa-kāranam
The origin of what is proper is founded on these two causes. 58 It is therefore good to know these causes that produce/the primary cause of merit.59
54. tal-kathâvasare loka-trava-caityâlayâkrtih
samvag varnavitum vāñchan präg āditya-vimäna-je 55. jinêndra-bhavane bhūtām vibhūtim so 'nvavarņayat
tām a-sādhāranim śrutvānandaḥ śraddhām parām vahan
Since (the leading monk) at the right moment in his account thereof wanted truly to praise the appearance of the temple complexes in (or: representing the three worlds, he mentioned the splendour inherent in the palace of Jinendra which originated from the vimāna of the sun." Hearing of this extraordinary (splendour) Ananda felt highest belief.
56. dinâdau ca dinânte ca karābhyām krta-kudmalah
stuvann ānamra-mukuto jinêśān mandale raveh 57. silpibhih käravitvarka-vimānam mani-kāñcanaih
krudi-krta-jinâdhīša-bhavanam vitata-dyuti
Morning and evening, with hands held into a bud and with bent head, he praised the lords Jinas in the sun's disk and had a vimāna of the sun made by artisans: a palace of the lord Jina set in gold and jewels (and) with far-reaching lustre.
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Temples and statues ?
59 Maybe kärana-karana has the sense of karana-karana here.
6) Professor Hampa Nagarajaiah was kind enough to mail me his explanation of the stanzas 54-60: There are 23 vimanas (9 anudića, 5 unuttara and 9 graiveyaka). Aditya, the sun, is one of the anudiśa-vimanas. One of the ganadharas describes here the glory of the Jaina shrine in the Aditya-vimäna to king Ananda. - A source for the discrepancy with Kirfel 1920: 294 where the Aditya-vimāna is the ninth central vimana of the Graiveyaka with the Svetâmbaras (with the Digambaras it is called Prītimkara) was not given. Anudisavimānas are not found in Kirfel.
61 Cf. perhaps a stanza like Hemac., Trio IX 3,121 tigma-tejā ivõttejä rathena vyoma-yāvinā Sri-Pārsvanāthah prayayau .... Does the sun's disk stand for a halo here or is this Hindu influence?
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